Basin-waste.



' UNITED STATES Patented June '7, 1904.

"PATENT O FICE.

JOHN (J. REED, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSlGNOR TO STANDARD SANITARY, MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVA- NIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

\ v BASIN-WASTE.

srEcmmATmN forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,712, dated June 7, 1904.

Application filed June 16, 1903.

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Be it known thatI, JOHN G. REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Allegheny, in thecounty of Allegheny and State of Penn- 5 sylvania, have invented certain new and use fulImprovements in Basin-Wastes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others 1 skilled in the art to 10 which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to wastes for basins, and has for its object the provision of a waste in which the plug can be positively raised or lowered from its seat by means of a handle placed outside of the basin proper and will be retained in either position by means of a locking lever or handle.

The invention consists in the combination, with a waste-valve for basins, of an actuating- 2 lever therefor operable by meansof a handle situated outside the edge of the basin.

The invention further consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts more fully described hereinafter and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a basin with my improved waste in closed position. Fig. 2 is a side view of 3 the waste and operating part removed from the basin,'-*and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views of separate parts of the combination.

The waste-plug A consists of the stopper a, having its lower edges a properly formed, so as to make a water-tight joint when in position on the seat of the waste 7) in the bottom of the basin B, and having depending fins c 0 0, which ride in grooves e e c in the sides of the waste-openingb. An elongated slot f extends 4 through the lower portion of the plug A, and through this opening'the lower end d of the lever D extends. Thelever D passes through an openingin the top of the overflow-passage b, fulcrumed by means of the lugs (Z (Z, resting in slots 03 d formed in theupper edge of a ring 9, placed within the collar G and resting on the top of the piece H. The collar Or is screw-threaded both internally and exter- Serial no. 161.695. (News nally and has its upper edge formed with serrationsg 9, while the collar H is only screwthreaded externally and is formed with lugs 71, 7a onit's lower edge,'the purpose of these lugs being to hold the collar in position on the basin by pressing against the lower side n, whereby the casing can be drawn down and secured to the collar G by means of the nut M. The spindle ,7' is at its lower end formed eccentrically, so that as it is rotated by means of the handle 7:; it will press against the upper end d of the lever D and raise or lower the plug A, suitable stops 0 0 being formed on the top of the casing J and on the handle 70, respectively, to limit the movement of the handle and consequent rotation of the spindle j.

The reason for the provision of the serrations g g and tooth 1n is as follows: On account of the stops 0 0 and the necessity of having the handle it either in its open or closed position radially with the axis of the basin the casing must always be held in the same relative position, so that the eccentric j on the spindle 1' will operate the lever D. This could easily be provided for by a single detent in the top of "the collar H, in which the tooth on would fit, but for the fact that it is almost impossible to provide two basin-slabs of the same thickness, and as the tooth we should fit'in a detent in the front of the collar it has been found desirable to provide anumber of detents, so that no matter how close together are the faces of the collars G and H a detent will be in the proper position for the reception of the tooth m. The purpose of fulcruming the lever D in the loose ring g is to allow sufficient play to the lever to prevent any binding of the parts which might becaused by expansion, contraction, or bending of the lever D. The collar being loosely held produces a universal joint for the rod D.

It will be seen that the movements of the waste are positive and that when it is either open or closed it is held securely and that if at any time or for any reason it should get out of order all the parts are readily accessible and that it is adapted for basins of different sizes by using rods of difierent lengths and curvatures.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a basin-waste, the combination with a vertically-movable plug, of aplug-operating lever, means for pivotally supporting said lever near its upper end, a vertically-arranged operating-shaft provided with a handle and with an eccentric by means of which said lever is rocked and the plug elevated and lowered.

2. In a basin-Waste, the combination with the plug A lever D and lever-operating shaft 1' having the eccentric j of the nut M supported on the basin, the casing J having adetent m on its lower edge and the collar Gr formed with serrations on its upper edge to engage said detent.

3. In a basin-waste, the combination with the plug A lever D and lever-operating shaft 7', of the loose collar 7 through which said lever passes and upon which said lever is lulcrumed and the collar H supporting said loose collar, substantially as described.

4:. In a basin-waste, the combination with the vertically-movable plug A, lever l) and lever-operatingshaft having the eccentric on its lower end, the stop 0 and the handle I, of the collar H, the collar (Jr screwed onto the collar H and having serrations on its upper edge, the nut M screwed onto the collar (i and the casing J embraced by the nut M and having a detent won its lower end engaging with the serrations of the nut (1, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN (I. REED.

Witnesses JOHN D. MURPHY, JAMES A. For. 

